Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: HISTORY OF MODERN IRAQ, 1914-2009

Department: History

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Course Type: Lecture

Credit Hours: 3

Description: Intensive writing course examines the modern history Iraq from 1914 to the present. Topics include the nation-making project in international contexts, sectarian vs. secular interpretations of Iraqi policies, the relationship of militarism and democracy, media and modern war, and the social, economic, and political crossroads of Iraq's precarious present and immediate future.